Stratbase Institute
Thinking Beyond Politics
Dindo Manhit, Stratbase-ADRi To everyone’s attention, foreign policy, like national defense, has become a regular feature in the 2016 presidential campaigns. Candidates have used their foreign policy ideas, especially as they relate to the Philippines’ rocky relationship with China, to demonstrate their patriotism and to undermine their opponents’ loyalty or leadership in the public eye.… Read More
Ernest Z. Bower, Trustee of Stratbase ADRi, President & CEO of BowerGroupAsia, and Senior Adviser for Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies The Maritime Self-Defense Force training submarine Oyashio, escorted by the destroyer Ariake (background), one of two vessels that accompanied the sub, arrives at Subic Bay in the Philippines… Read More
Dindo Manhit, Stratbase-ADRi President The Local Government Code (LGC) of 1991 was created with the objective of allowing territorial and political subdivisions of the State to enjoy genuine and meaningful local autonomy to enable them to attain their fullest development as self-reliant communities and make them more effective partners in the attainment of national goals… Read More
Dindo Manhit, Stratbase-ADRi President Image Source: The Philippine Star With a few days before the national elections on 9 May 2016, the political heat has further intensified as the candidates vying for the highest position of the land compete neck and neck in wooing the majority of the Philippine electorate. In the 26-29 April 2016 ABS-CBN… Read More
Bienvenido S. Oplas, Jr., Stratbase-ADRi Fellow The Philippines has the unhealthy label of having the “second or third most expensive electricity prices in Asia” next to Japan and Singapore. This is not a good news for energy-intensive industries like manufacturing and hotels where electricity demand can be running 24/7. Image Source: The Philippine Star With… Read More
Renato de Castro, Stratbase Albert del Rosario Institute (ADRi) Trustee Philippine defense secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Japanese ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhide Ishikawa on February 29 signed a new defense agreement to allow the transfer of defense equipment and technology from Japan to the Philippines. It also provides for the Philippines and Japan to conduct… Read More
Dindo Manhit, President, Stratbase-ADRi The projected power crisis last summer highlighted the precarious energy situation in the Philippines. Just one unscheduled power plant shutdown would have refreshed our memories of the 90’s where nationwide rotating brown outs forced people to address the lack of energy supply on their own. Fortunately, the government was spared of… Read More
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